(CNN) - While some opponents of Mitt Romney seized on his now-famous 'misstatement' about the poor this week, Ron Paul defended his Republican presidential rival on Friday. 'I don't believe for a minute that if Mitt Romney was sitting here, that if he released everything in his heart, he (would say): 'You know what, the [...]

The US Army has dropped all charges against the fifth soldier it had accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport...

Some believed he was receiving too much credit for Romney's comeback.

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government forces launched a heavy assault on Syria’s third-largest city Friday night, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds as rockets crashed into neighborhoods and slammed into buildings that collapsed on terrified residents, according to activists. Read full article >>

For such a large state, the campaign trail is surprisingly small and compact.